"He didn't feel anything when he first suffered the injury at Copenhagen. The surgeon is happy and everything is okay.”

Ranieri will be keen to bring Schmeichel back as his absence has coincided with an alarming dip in form for the Premier League champions.

Schmeichel is a key part of the Foxes squad and it was his return from injury two seasons ago that inspired Leicester’s ‘Great Escape’ from the Premier League’s relegation zone under former boss Nigel Pearson.